Evolving technology affects healthcare design

Technology leverages the means and locations of healthcare delivery


Evolving technology affects healthcare design because it leverages the means and locations of healthcare delivery, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.

Healthcare technology is usually connected to equipment or data. Technology can change how facilities are planned and built, which suggests important new questions, according to the article.

• Will being virtually connected impact the hospital footprint to grow or shrink in scale?

• Is there an impact to the health care program or cost from technology?

• What about healthcare delivered through cybercommunities?

Connectivity has a different meaning in a digitally connected world. Connectivity is not only about being connected physically or virtually, but it is also about having access to information, the article said.

In an era when healthcare providers and users are glued to phones and tablets, it is almost impossible to overlook the value of virtual real estate while planning future growth. 

Read the article.

 

 



November 24, 2014


Topic Area: Information Technology


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